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[QUOTE="huskyd, post: 2408519, member: 6488"]
Huge boatload of good stuff today, fellas.  I'd like to add one more: the sheer beauty of the game played really well in the manner of a team.  There is an [B]aesthetic[/B] to UConn bb lacking anywhere else.  It goes by several names (teamwork, chemistry, etc.), but I'd call it the beauty that's followed by a gasp.  When everything works perfectly, when balls are delivered with precision, when players move constantly in a choreographed dance designed to get open, when balls are stripped and 6'6" players run out for an easy lay-up, when the ball smacks the net as a final exclamation point.  Defense, too, has its beauty: when a full-court press leads to a turn-over, when a wall is set to deny drives, when players attack the perimeter to disrupt plays, when an opponent is handed-off to 2 other Huskies lying in wait, when players run switches to frustrate every attempt by an opponent to get open.  Just observing the general flow of the UConn team w/out fixing on a particular player can be a thing of beauty.  Hey, baby, it's just bb as no one else plays it.
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